RiskON 2024
Highlights from Practice & Academic Transfer
RiskON 2024 brought together Switzerland’s brightest students, leading companies, and academic experts to collaborate on real-world risk and finance challenges. This page features the most compelling contributions from both the Practice Transfer and Academic Transfer tracks — handpicked for their originality, commitment, and relevance. You can also download the official Academic RiskON Summary 2024, curated by Prof. Dr. Walter Farkas and the academic team.
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You can also download the official Academic RiskON Summary 2024, curated by Prof. Dr. Walter Farkas and the academic team.
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Practice Transfer
Celebrating Innovation and Excellence
Out of 15 teams and 53 talented students from 8 leading universities, the winners of the RiskON Award 2024 have been selected. Their innovative use cases and forward-thinking solutions were designed to meet the needs of Bank Julius Baer, LGT Bank Switzerland, Pictet, and EFG.
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The prominent jury consisting of
Bruno Meyer, Board Member, CEO & Chair of Executive Committee, Swiss Risk Association
Eva Selamlar, Head Swiss Financial Innovation Desk – FIND / Federal Department of Finance,
Prof Dr Josef Teichmann, Professorship for Financial Mathematics, ETH Zurich
Stephanie Wickihalder, Deputy Managing Director of the Liechtenstein Bankers Association, President of Swiss Fintech Innovations / SFTI
Fabienne Wikler, Senior Manager Risk Consulting Financial Services, PwC Switzerland
Daniel Zuberbühler, former Vice Chairman FINMA,
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Challenge 1
«Use of new technologies for risk events classification and analysis»
Winner Team
Florian Pauschitz
Yang Qian
Emmanuel Tandu
Laila Hassan
Feng Jiang
Academic Transfer
RiskON Summary 2024
The Academic Transfer track highlights the analytical and research-based work of participating students. These academic papers and studies reflect excellence in quantitative finance, risk management, and strategic innovation.
The Academic RiskON Summary 2024 compiles key insights and lessons from this year’s event. It includes select contributions from both Practice and Academic Transfer, along with reflections on emerging topics in finance, sustainability, and risk innovation.​
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Prepared by: Prof. Dr. Walter Farkas and the RiskON academic team
Shared with: All RiskON participants — now publicly available
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